CITES removes trade controls on finished products containing Candelilla Wax

Ends Research Project of the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon. JUNE. 10/2009.- Since 2007 The Candelilla Institute in conjunction with the School of Biological Sciences signed a cooperation agreement to develop two important investigations related to the exploitation of the candelilla plant. a) Vegetative Propagation of Candelilla (Euphorbia antisyphilitica, Zucc.) in their natural habitat. b) Continue Reading

It performs the 1st Workshop on Conservation, Use and Trade in Mexico Candelilla. DEC. 01/2008  Under Mexico’s commitments to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES for its acronym in English) CONABIO, as Scientific Authority, invited the Candelilla Institute to participate at a workshop on the conservation, use Continue Reading

Ends CIQA Project for Optimizing Candelilla Wax Removal. OCT. 01/2008  This last December the Center for Research in Applied Chemistry (CIQA) in conjunction with the Institute of Candelilla ended a major project related to the candelilla wax extraction efficiency. One concern of the Institute has been to make the extraction process more efficient, and that Continue Reading